Where We Are

Politicians in general, and Repubs in particular these days, are always trying to set up situations where they win no matter what, and the other side loses no matter what.

If Dems say, "OK, we won't go with an impeachment trial and just leave it to the courts", the Repubs will come back with "No no no - you can't go after a political opponent in criminal court - you liberals were all up in arms when we were saying Hillary should be brought up on charges and blah blah blah."

Brian Tyler Cohen:

And we can just kinda blow it off as "Oh well - it's politics - whaddaya gonna do?"

But the shit that assholes like Rand Paul are trying to pull is the classic No-Win Bind that gets autocrats off the hook. It's a trap that abusers try to to set for people all the time, and is, in itself an abuse of power.

Theramin Trees - The Double Bind

Always remember those little life lessons our favorite sportsball coaches tried to illustrate for us.